| Next November,
Zaragoza will become an international center for hydrogen technologies
and fuel cells. From November 22nd to November 25th the capital of the
Spanish region of Aragón will hold the 2nd Professional Meeting
on Hydrogen and Fuel Cells and the 2nd European Energy Conference.
World known experts will gather in
both events, aiming at analyzing the achievements made and assess the potential
for application of these technologies in the daily life as part of a more
reasonable and sustainable energy system.
The initiative is promoted by the
European Hydrogen Association (EHA), the Spanish Hydrogen Association (AeH),
the Spanish Minister for Science and Education (MEC), the Institute for
Energy Saving and Diversification (IDAE), and Aragon's Industry, Trade
and Tourism Department.
According to the data released by
the organizers to Europa Press, up to one thousand experts are expected
at the meeting, which has scheduled more than one hundred communications
and fifty business and trade presentations. The meetings will be complemented
by an outdoor exhibition with hydrogen and fuel cell vehicles that various
manufactures will show to the atendees, so as life examples of hydrogen
production.
"In future scenarios in which we
can have clean and endless energy sources, hydrogen and fuel cells are
presented as a necessary complement for those energy sources to be used
in some of the applications, such as vehicles or energy supply reliability
tools", they point out at the Spanish Hydrogen Association.
"In the mid term, while we keep on
using fossil fuels, hydrogen and fossil fuels can contribute to a rational
and efficient energy use, and a cut in environmental impact rates, notably
at local level" say the experts. However, alone "they are not the solution
to the energy system problems, however they open important ways to sustainability".
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